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PRAKASH v. HOLDER

No. 07-72831.

579 F.3d 1033 (2009)

Sunil PRAKASH, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Jobe (argued) and Sara E. Coppin, Law Office of Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA, for petitioner.

Gregory G. Katsas, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division; Anthony C. Payne, Senior Litigation Counsel; and Jesse M. Bless (argued), Trial Attorney, Office of Immigration Litigation, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Before: BARRY G. SILVERMAN, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and MILAN D. SMITH, JR., Circuit Judges.

CLIFTON, Circuit Judge:

This petition for review presents the question of whether convictions for solicitation to commit rape by force, in violation of California Penal Code § 653f(c), and solicitation to commit assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, in violation of California Penal Code § 653f(a), constitute crimes of violence under 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(43)(F) for immigration law purposes. We hold that they do. Accordingly,...

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